AB 970: Vehicles: distracted driving.
- Session Year: 2017-2018
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2017-03-28
Under existing law, it is an infraction for a person to drive a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone unless that telephone is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking, and is used in that manner while driving, except in emergencies, as provided. Existing law makes it an infraction to drive a motor vehicle while holding and operating a handheld wireless telephone or an electronic wireless communications device unless the wireless telephone or electronic wireless communications device is specifically designed and configured to allow voice-operated and hands-free operation, and it is used in that manner while driving, except as provided. Existing law makes it an infraction for a person 18 years of age or younger to drive a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone or an electronic wireless communications device, even if equipped with a hands-free device, except in emergencies, as provided.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to authorize technological solutions to prevent distracted driving. require a mobile telephone carrier, as defined, to provide customers with the ability to disable, at the network level, the distracting capabilities of their mobile telephones when notified that the customer is driving a motor vehicle.
Under existing law, it is an infraction for a person to drive a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone unless that telephone is specifically designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking, and is used in that manner while driving, except in emergencies, as provided. Existing law makes it an infraction to drive a motor vehicle while holding and operating a handheld wireless telephone or an electronic wireless communications device unless the wireless telephone or electronic wireless communications device is specifically designed and configured to allow voice-operated and hands-free operation, and it is used in that manner while driving, except as provided. Existing law makes it an infraction for a person 18 years of age or younger to drive a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone or an electronic wireless communications device, even if equipped with a hands-free device, except in emergencies, as provided.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to authorize technological solutions to prevent distracted driving.
(a)For purposes of this section, mobile telephone carrier means a telephone corporation, as defined in Section 234 of the Public Utilities Code, that provides mobile telephony service, as defined in Section 224.4 of that code.
(b)A mobile telephone carrier shall provide customers with the ability to disable, at the network level, the distracting capabilities of their mobile telephones when notified that the customer is driving a motor vehicle. A mobile telephone carrier shall provide customers with reasonable notice of the availability of this service. A mobile telephone carrier shall establish reasonable and simple means by which a customer who elects to disable the distracting capabilities of his or her mobile telephone when driving a motor vehicle can contact the carrier to request activation of this function and can request that full service be restored when he or she is no longer driving.
(c)A mobile telephone carrier shall disable the distracting capabilities of the customers mobile telephone upon receipt of a request from the customer to activate this function and shall reactivate full service upon request.
SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to authorize technological solutions to prevent distracted driving.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to authorize technological solutions to prevent distracted driving.
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| Feb 1, 2018 | From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. |
| Jan 31, 2018 | Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. |
| Mar 29, 2017 | Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. |
| Mar 28, 2017 | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. |
| Mar 27, 2017 | Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and C. & C. |
| Feb 17, 2017 | From printer. May be heard in committee March 19. |
| Feb 16, 2017 | Read first time. To print. |
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